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'POLICE, / MARLBOROUGUH-STREET. Yesterday Jamis (a !:nowt, let) was charged with' robbing the 'OP of Mr-Sutton, a te:t-dealer in Wardour-street, t 010 evening of Thursday. It appeayett in evidence, tat wl.ilst the sister of the Prosecutor was sitting I the counting-house, adjoining the shop, she per .ived a man enter and lean over tree counter to yards the till. _She itnmediatrly went into 11)1 - 0 )( ) nd challenged the Prisoner with theft. The till arnett out to hsbe been emptied of three one pour:d otec, and some ca-11; part of which was found on he. .Piiiontg,and.the other part he had coitcealed.—• Ie was fully comttitted for-trial. 'LA REPOItT. COURT OF CFIANCERY, Nov. .TYTEIES. R.YX.EY' V. EoWLEI: AND OTHERS. The LORD CHAtitELLOR inttmated that he itad applied toSaron Thompson to learn whether it was the prataice of the Court of Exchequer to allow the consolidation of tythe, and other causes relating to the same matter, upon . a a,notion of course before answers were put ith The impression upon his own mind had been-that such •was the practice as stated by Sir S. RQtniliy. But Baron Thompson had replied, that he had no notion that the consolidation of causes under such circumstances, could be per- . nitted as matters of course, though this.might be allowed upon special reason stated. Mr. HART argued, that the pra(tice contended for on the part of the* Delendants who objected to the payment of their full tythes, • was conttary to the reason of the thing ; tor it was - impossible to know, before answers were pofin, whetl'er the de fence ould be - the same. • Some [night plead parish modus's ; others farm modhs's, &c. and the thirty two Defendants might have twenty .different de fences. BOW'..STRIIET.••--Last night Charles Rowlls, Esq. f Kingston, Surrey, was brought before Mr. GRA.- lAM, from the pit of Covent-Garden Tneatre l harg , d with violently assaulting Nicholas Doneliy, Journeynian - Ironmonger, of Lascelles-place, St. ;des's, Who staled, that he was standing- on the bird or forth seat at the back, when a placard was Mown trom the hoses, for which there was a ge teral scramble. He, howevt-T„ succeeded in getting t, and tore it to pieces, whien the man before him .!as pushed down, and as pushed upon hi )n his gelling up, Mr. Rowlls gave him a violent L 'it'w on the hai d with hi stick ; this was confirmed °Y Ina') who • , t a 4 in his company. Rowlls, in the most sedemn manner, denied e - ,arge, but acknowledged he struoc the com- P a rot s alter he had first received a violent blow t r"itt hi n with his stick. This was also confirmed L • a Gentleman standing. near him, who said the comphainant put himself in an attitude for fighting. Mr. GRAHAM, however, observed, that it was Os- Bible . .for. Mr. Rowlls .to have given him the first blow without any person seeing it ; he therefore or dered Mr. Rowlls‘to find-bail. Mr. R. sent for Mr. Rollaway, the Solicitor, in ChaticerY-lane, and the Nias.lerof the Hotel where he lives. 1 Sir S. RONTILLY referred. his Lordship to the case of Fife v. Brock, in Peere'Williants's ,Reports, itt liVour of the practice for which he contended: - The LORD CHANCELLOR said he would look at the case, and apply again to Baron ThOlnpSoll. DALTON V. SIR J INN ES KERR. Mr. HART, for the Plaintiff, .stated, that a Deed of Separation had been executed between Sir .Mines Innes Kerr, and his late wife, by which she had the right of devising certain property by will; which she did to the Plaintiff, who filed his• Bill in the Rolls Court for an account. • The Defendant, after ,taking ail the time which the Court would allow to Put hi his filed a cross bill, alleging that the Deed in question was contrary to the ,instructions go .en to the person who dreWit, and offering , to'proVe .this. The original cause was to' be heard on Monday ; but Mr.. Bell had obtained, as a matter of course, an or der to enlarge publication to the last day of term, that the depositions, taken 'udder the cross bill might be read by Way of defence to the 'original. Mr, HART contended, that as the Defendant had before taken advantage of all . the delay in the original cause to which he was entitled, be ought not to have had more, without gpecial reason assigneci•3 and he there, fore tnov'ed to discharge the 'order. Ekir S. ItuMiLt.v and Mr. BELL observed, that there had been no unnecessary delay on the part of the Defendant, who had used • every diligence in, bringing forward the' only defence he had, which was by cross bill, add teat it would be bard it he should De deprived of that defence.,_ Toe CHANCELLOR said, that the question was; whether toe deh4 lave been allowed of course. He had 'ortie doubt as to the practice in that respect,e -and: would inquire .•into , it.. In the mean hind, he tecomtne;.O.:. to 'Mr. Hart to take the 'costs of the application, and a petetuptory un dertakitig to try on the first :.a , y of , the.SittiOgs after Term, to whim Mi. Hart , Wynne, Clerk to Sir James Branscomb, tvas charged witil assaulting a man named Powell, who said he was a shopmjte of Donelly, ih the last ease. Powell produced a stick, with which he said he had been struck. This stick the prisoner most solemnly protested he had never step before, and positively assert.td his innocence of th e cLar;e alleged against him. He was ordered to .114 4 ba I. • ".41r, GRAHAM asked the witness Powell, by what ; 1 111 ?ris he had ~itained admission into the house, but e declined givlng, auswer: He also reluSed to Inlorm the .M.igistrate how many of his shoprnates had lzwen in the l't eatre during the evening. jet - ry Ay', au apprentice to a silversmith, in the Peight- ouiliond ~ f Finsbury squat e, was charged, by Mr. tant,s Brand in with riotous rind disorderly con duct in the ~ecitind tier of boxes, and, by his ges-' 4 .listurbance and tumults in the pit. 'car l was ihro.vn tro:n the pit to him, witch lit e.ilin,ied tor some titne, and then tiolig it to- , W.:l/%li tht. privy e boxes. He confessed thb prut- FiPal part of ti,e 'charge, and was ordered to fittd bail. Geole Webb, Ass!stant §urgeon of the Eagle mad w4r, 'Ong at Chath iftl, was also charged by .41r . Brandon itt, hairtnt,' been particularly arise / , tr the izasi in the pit, prnenoting not ‘d s c..ittusiOn ite b.! his unruly condt, and by exhi 'lg a placard. with the inscription " Death or V iet I rIP " en the broad side of his cocked hat. 1'- th.n t e was - enrinbnrated by a person named 'residin g 14, Gr ea t Shire-lane. Mr. GRAHAM (iiirded h;rn to find bail, which he did imniedia . e.y, and w.is discharged. Mr. Plaso‘v, hatt,r ; res:ding at No 50, Leaden 11,L-stieeti was charged by John White with as -3(-31 , •r a mall named who has been onspicuous in oppoling the 0. P.'s tor se 4vera: nights oast in the pit. Stunh, hsowever, did :torite fc; ,"ards and the complaint was dis tharged.. Mr. Plastow,, *IA had been , strucic, and lost. his Iht-, then wished to prefer a charge against his ac .e4Ser for an assault; in dragging him from the The:. *tte without a cruse; but -Mr. Gestialt refused !o I ptive it, and told : him he had his remedy by in 'ittment. COURT OF KING'S BLNCIi, Nov. posl IioRSE DUTY. MiJEANT.V. WHITE. This was a qtii tam "adios by. which the Plaintiff sought to recosee certain penalties of 101. each from. the Derendant, a Post Master, ler not charging him self with tee ;uil duty on certain horses let out by him for posting. One count in the information, to whi..ll the others were similar, charged that the De= fendant did let for a less period than 28 days, narne e li, her one day, from Bishops gate-street to Rorriford, two horses for posting, by which letting there be came due to the Colledtnrs for the Farmers of the Post Horse Tax, 6s. ; whereas, in his weekly ticket the Defendant set forth only the sum of 3s. od. as due by him on this account, being, as the informa tion charged, less than the real duty. The Defen dant bad demurred ; and the question came to be if the 3s. 6d. liras enough. ". . Mr. RICHAEDsoN now argued the case for the Detendante--13e.Cornparing.the Mt of the 44th and 48th of the _King with the Mt of the 255th Of 'The circumstances attending the case of-the man the King, on this subjeti, he contended, teat an 'who was examined on Thursitay eight;' at Bow- option being given, in the last-mentioned Act, of Street, on a charge et stealing a horse,; wcre'as tot- '. charging by the ; clay or by ,the Mile, namely, by the low r- -On Monday morning last, between nine and * day, is. ed. for each horse, or ild. per mile, the tee o'clock, he went to the Swan and Hoop livery ' Pdst Master was till iniitled to avail himself of that etaieres in Meorgate, very genteelly dressed, and option . . . . . . hired a horse, seeing he was going to Hampstead, Lord ELLENEOROUGH said; the censtr?' &ion put and should return in a few hours; but there is-no upon the Mts by the Learned CoOnseje*as directly doubt, from the time he arrived at Tattersall's,' at in the teeth of the words of those 'Ads, •lee'yonil kJ} , e Park Corner, that he niust have rode it di .which the Court had nothing to do, it was int * eEt y there, where, it appeared, he was iWrant . :possible, tender these Mts, to conveit a:intle hiring of th• custom of that place; 1-r he said he-wanted ' .into' a day hiring when the distance Nvas ascertain te put np the horse to bait. The groom told him ed, as it seemed to have b?en in the present case. th ee did net take in horses .tor that purpose; but re- . If there were elefedive provisiens in the At, the commended the prisoner to Hall's livery stables, in Court could not supply theirs against the clear words liaicen-street, Grosvenor-place, w here the prisoner . of the Statute. rode the horse. He, however, told the groom he Judgment was therefore entered for the Plaintiff. "vvarired to sell tire'hoise, and if he could procure him By this ..t'd • t. t • determined,that' ' 1 i. emen . I isw sen a pUrcheier, he would give him half a guinea. Th e ' ever the disthice or number of Ludes is ascertained, groom, knowing a person who wanted to purchase and kno..vn i 'at the tone of hiring the chaise,, the such a horse, took him to the prisoner, at the t i cket must be a trifle ticket, not a day ticket.' ' livery ,stables, in Halcon-street, when the prisoner . ~ . asked fifteen guineas, but took' fourteen, and gave a receipt by the name of. John Thompson, of Lhi colnsitire e . but while in 'town, at the Greyhound, Smithfield. Ou Thursday afternoon, as the groom belongieg to the Swan and Hoop livery stables, in Moorgete, who let the prisoner' the horse, was Pa,sing along the .Surrey side of Blackfriar's-bridge, . he., observed the prisoner, and at the same time ob , SerVed Humphries, 'the -Messenger, belonging to sow-street Office, and, knowing him, gave the ..• prisoner its charge.--The prisoner was committed Lr further examinatton.—He is supposed to be of a very respeEtable family and connection in Lin !nshire, and is supposed to have 'peen carrying on these species 'of depredations for some time past ; also il't hiring and sedirig chaises and gigs in London, and its di&rent eafts of the eonntry, to a very con &iderable,extent. PLACKET V. SDIITH. At a trial in the Court of Common Pleas on Thurs day, some ditficnity occurred in ascertaining he date of the writ and the testing of it whereon thepefend ant was arrested. Sir JAMES MANSFIELD then ex- This case was reserved- in a, question between the Plaintiff, a Merchant, using the West India,Docks, and the Company, for the purpose of ascertaining the right of. a person having a ship lying: in the Dock for light vessels, to, send on board such. ves sels stores for their foreign outfit, withotit paying reasonable charges in addi , ion to those specified in the o nt of Pat Lament, for the safe-keeping of the vessel. After a very ingenious argument by Mr—Hiatt''. soN, for the Merchant's, and by Mr. Las:rs, for the Company, the Court were of opinion, that the al lowance in the A extended only to the safe keeping of the vessels in the Docks, and had no re lation to any furnishings or stores for, an outward bound voyage. Pressed a 'determination to 11,ive the date and testing of every writ entered upon the record in future, to Prevent a olmilur inconvenience. COURT 01 COMMON PLEAS. the Centi, ivert;, that the at:..fendant was a seivant of his ' • dtl • Li t " Ci s r:a • to tie of it. 4 '', all , ,e 'Parliament, he was, by vit - tue of 4i eitc.t;, exettipt• ed tram arrest. ;Mr. 'Sclieant Strlci'a END admitted, that. For was a coachman iu ordinary to the King, and that he would 1-e knitted. to such a Kik illege, but that he had :;een euguged in !rarlic with a person of the name of Otway, fdr the bill for which he had been al tested had been accepted by Otway and Foster. This argued a, sort oftir`tn, hich • skewed that the atiertdant • was a' trader, atad as a tradef' thercfore ,Mr. Serjeant BEST informed the Cot Al, that he bad in his possession an atTiciavil of the A.-fend:in . t Foster, to the 'trn.l.ll ot the :11t 1-,o coachman in tite service ot his 20.ljesty. Best then Obserixd, jn defeOce' of the wist'oM of tai's provision in the 4ct of Pa;ll,imelit, ant, it the caSe was otherwise, what setitais itotzvel.icnces might result to the King, it his eiriiage - Was stopped as he was going to the,_ll,,use of Lords or elsewhere*. Sir JAM ES MANSFIELD said,. that it did not come Within the . prinince .of that Court to animadvert upon the impropriety of one of the King's servants embarking in any scheme of 'tratli., ‘llc:re fAure might be injurious to others beside ri'e parties, but it was the duty of the Court to prot-Ct all persons in the privileges with which they hadbeeir itngstt:.l by the LNislaturc. Tire .irt the 'present case actually existed, and must be a~..erred until the Act that gave rise to it, was repedled; Defen dant must be allowed his Habeas Corpus. Rule made absolute. The jr.dges of the Court then adjourned to Guild hall, where nothing of any public interest occurred. BRIGHTON, NOY. 16. The weather here may now he regarded as sea sonably w birlesothe, for, though br;ght, the alum- There is cutting in Che first degree ; out the rides and walks, nciiwithstandiug, both yesierf%iy and to day, had gly appearances, and exhibited a pleasing display of - raLik' and beauty. The Libraries to-dV have been-well attended;, and a few tiathing belles of beauty, with rosy cheeks, • coral lips, and spack ling eyes, have been'uoder the guidance of MARTHA GPHN, the whole of whom took a ducking as it they had been usd to it. We regret to observe, that Mr. T. ELGAR, of Portslade, a Gentleidan not unknown to the literary world, from various pitblications of Ills on Agricul .tural subjects, titc. and whose benevolent disposi tion and feeling heart,'occasion him to be respected by all who know hiM, met with an unexpeded and nearly a fatal accident, to the East of this town,. yesterday afternoon. This Gentleman•was standing w ith his back against the Cliff fence, nearly Oppo.. site to IlOck Buildings, in full-confidence of being i n security; when the rail'agaiLst which he pressed suddenly gave Way,- and backwards precipitated him o ver the margin of the Cliff,to :the rocks and beach below, 2a 'depth of fionalit;y• to sixty feet. Ha p pily' his • fall was in some' measure bioken, bi 'lns being received' about midway by a pro jeEhneut from the bank,..from whence, however, the instant 'after, he.descendedto iis,base..'Scarcely :a hope was entertained by those who witnessed the accident, - that the unfortunate Gentleman could es- . cape with 'particularly as .he is a lusty, and con sequendria heavy man. The surprize; therefore, was great, but the pleasure felt was much greater; %hen Mr. -ELoAit, instead of remaining a lifeless object at the base of the Cliff, recovered his feet,, and was observed to walk from the spot where he had iall'en; with apparently but little difficulty.-- He had received, howeve,r, several deep cuts and Contusions on the head,'und the blood -front his Wounds flowed copiously. Feeling himself &OA to th e task, be then, accompanied by several persons, Walked to the house of Ailesirs. HALL, BOND, and. in North-street, where his hurts attended to ; and it affords us the ion to observe, that the ultimate re , Co. present v . r ie e re ; se t pt i s r pr oes g o ,ar e l p t : N e: ELGAR, from the painful effects of misfortune, is now considered as certain, The liberality of Lieutenant General Harris, of Belmont, was imposed upon, a few days since, in the following manner : , ‘ , A man, pretending to be an itinerant clock-maker, called at the General's house, and aske t d for a job, to put to rights any 'Of the clocks that might want repairing; a large clock over the stables being out of repair, tie. ‘ man was iannediately set to work uon it, who contrived tp. prolong the job (remaining in the cock-loft, except irig.4t, meal and . bed tunes) for the ,space ,ot' two days,, making the clock strike at intervals, as if be was hard at work. At the end of two days he pro nounced hiS job completed, and received for. 'it a guinea, over ,and above his ova and drink ; he had not lift the house, however,. many s hours before it was discOvered that the clock neither act nor . strike; and, on inquiry. being.set ~on faLt respecting, the elockmaker, 4t proved that he was a tailor, on .tramp from Margate to London, who, at the, _village of °spring, had heard .some persons prais-, ing the„Generalts arable.. clock, and 4,iying it .was a pity it was out of repair,: when the ,shrewd tailor ap plied fora job, for, the,purnose Of ruidirzg I.lo,2vited, wiiich, having : dope, enabled', bin, to kite to London, where, the rogue 'no doubt arri+ed, highly pleased at having out-manoeuvred the gallant General, wlnyout-manceuvrerfTippoo Sultan at Se ringapatatn. Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD proceeded to strew cause against a Rule obtained by Mr. Serjf ant BEST, for an Habeas Corpus to bring up the body of George Foster, a coachman in ordinary l in the service of his Majesty, who had been arrested . for non-payment of his acceptance on a bill of exchange. The grounds:uion which the Rule had been granted by .4Cy'R fe,Jl.7l,igt. EAST LOTHIAN 'REPORT FOR OC i 3 t - larvest wo*, with some trifling exceptioni.. finished in this district about the`nitre ,of*Oct% the crop, except what suffet'ed from iog the preceding mouth, having received !essda , wage froM the ‘A' e:ness of the Weather th an , ,vas generally appreht:;hded. A great part of the grain - , bower er, is soft, esl*ciall) . when, little of which is in condition for bein,'; MAtifactured ; hence prices are unequal, constantly fluOnating; and not much affected by the Market 'rates of other places: Ii point of bulk the crop exceeds that of last year. M to productivenesr, bazle:,.oats, and beans, may be regarded as lair average crops, w hikt wheat and pease, are, :nun celol - Oat standard. It is ,tow cota plete)- as , .•.ertained At the wheat of this disrria ; -.,o7ltiCtive than it was last year; and as for. p,..37., Many. fields will scarcely yield grain sufficient to deft:ty ti; ex.penics of thrashing. Since the middle of the mouth, a considerable brea'tth of ground 'tas been seeded with' .Wheat, though little. of it has been wrought in cleat kind ly way „so highly' prized -by the husbathttnan.--- Had nolthe wviith , ..sr "been mild and dry for IQ,ur 7 teen days past, it is probable that none of t&t.elay Soils could have been seeded with the slightest prospect of advantage. Even under - the favourable circumstances which have receotiy occurred, liar , rowing has, in numerous cases, been perfectly per formed. The soil tor a long time . had been so drenched with moisture as to,t urn up quite waxy and tough after the plough, consequently might be le veilled, but could nut be separated by the h4rows. Notwithstanding of every exertion, the seed' pro cess, speaking in general terms, cannot be esti mated as more than half over, and another fortnight of good weather will be necessary, otherwise that impoi taut hi - A(:4 of. rural work cannot tie SUCCeSS.' fully ternainateJ. Potatoes are Safely housed, but on all wet soils they are seamy, and of bad quality.- Turnips of late have improved considerably, though few fields "can be reported: as 'carrying . a full crop.— Where let to be cOnsatned by sheep, the price per acre is about' ten guineas. Considering !he valUe which inrnips maimain in Edinburgh, ii is thought by ,orne people that ailiands9.ne pro:4 might be . gained by shipping them , at bunhar for Leith, at which 'place therweuld find a'reedy dee amid from the Edinburgh cowteeders. • • Yesterday the LORD MAYOI2. proceeded in... - s - qte from the Mansion House to Guildhall, _ Court of Aldermen. . The thanks of:the•.Conri were voted to Sik . .CII4. FLOWER, Bart. late Lord Mayor. • The. Attorney iwwaiting , reported, that WLLLtA JACOB, Etiq..was -duly elected an. Alderman the Ward of Lime-street, , in theToomoi' Jou N Pa L N szr, Esq. who had resigned. It:was referted to a Cqnla.ittee, to. prepf!e a Pe tition-to his MAJEs.TY, to restore the City's right to the•Otfice of Ganger,.. which was i4tringed by the .passing of the Duck Acis. Abut one• o'clock in..the morning of yesterday seinnight, three Mtn Were apprehended at theßiaat Lions. Inn, Exeter, by WilliatnySewell, City Con stable, charged with burglavy:,ami felony, in break ing `open the counting-house of Messrs. Crosby and White, clothiers,' Westbury,. Wilts, and stealing therefrom a• quantity of superfine blue cloth, of the value of 801)1. and upwards. Bills to a consider able amount were fnun,d 'on the, prisoners, and a portmanteau, containing various keys, picklocks, &c. of the . most cut ions invention, capable of open ing locks of every- description ; also phosphorus, Matches, dark lanterns, and sundry implements, suited to etfett their depredations. While these things were examining below stairs, one of the men contrived to make his escape from the chamber window by the help of a skeet, with which he let' himself down into the street, with nothing but his shirt on, in which .state he was met shortly after by two-soldiers, a mile from Exeter, on the Heavitret road, probably making his,way for the cart in which the property bad been conveyed, supposed to,he at no great distance ; but though the most ddigeot search had been made, and a handsome reward ad vertised, neither the man nor cart have yet been dis covered. young Lady, not more than nine teen years•of age, whose residence was a short 'mix,' from. Bueltinghatn-gate, put a period to her, ' iflster:ce by 'drowning herself in the Tlratries on "Wptlnesdav last. Her body was taken out of the water in ten 'minutes after the aq had•been com mitted'', :but , attempts to restore animation Were .The 'young Lady was the daughter of a Gentleinan of "property, and the cause ofsuiciti6 W 11.9 supposed to have. originated (roar pregnancy. . Two most inhuman murder's Were lately commit . ted in the neighbourhood of .Shallow Bay, New ' •:fortindiano; bye John Petty, a fisherman, wh in ,conse queoce, of A reprimand from his. master - (Joseph took:up an axe, and killed him on the spot. Anotherrnan named lt. Cross, and who is supposed to have gone to Reitdall's assistaoce,•shared the :>atue fate.' , " The wretch afterwards buried the bodies, hut; , struck with remorse c,f conscience, afterward, con ' fessed thela6t, and surrenehgred himself to justice. On Thursday, night, about 11 'o'clock, as Mr. Stanton, of-Hollywell-street; Shareditch, Was re ' turning borne, he was attacked by a man in a fsmoCk frock, who •knooked - him dawn, and robbed him of A meladcholy circumstance • took 'place oti Mon- i his \vatch.,.. , ' day last,iin one of the midland Counties.—A eollec;. ; One of the 'Fleet-street patroles was at a late.hour 'tor of taxes having had the misfortune to , luse the on Thursday night, killed in an attempt to' inoney•he had collected (which he was to pay to the heruksomehousebreakeriin that neighbOuthoOdwho Receiver-General) to the amount of between three ' 'effeetedaheir escape. and four hundred pounds, and•not hearing ofit after Miss TAYLOR, the friend of Mrs. CLARKE, we giving public notice of his loss, took the .desperate ' Understand, is in a state of the most deplorable dis:- resolution of poisoning himself, Which occasioned. his ''tress, never having received a single shilling of the death the same evening. It appears, 'however, that • subscription levied from the p - t )lic, as was alleged the whole of -the money was found prior to his hav- at the time, for her use and benefit.—So much ior ing had recourse to. that fatal act, but that 'he was humane subscriptions - 1 not informed of it till too late. I Two turnips were 'ast week taken up, pro- Thursday a young man, an ostler, in the Borough, misCuously, in a . field belonging' to Mr. J 'llll lack for a wager of five guineas, undertook to trot It small t son, of Bolthow, GuSforth, Cumberlao , i, , .o•hich poney, belonging to a gentleman in Tooley-street, weighed 6.31b5. exclusive of the top and rtx; ten miles in an hour He started near the turnpike i and measured` upwards of 3i feet each iu Circutote gate, at Kennington; going one mile out and one rene • mile in on the Claphato-road, till the little animal I pertigrned the task tour minutes within the time A .Peneral-.Court7maitial is ordered assemble,for the the trial of lour Officers the 13t10.1,- allowed it. I went of Light Dragoons.